Ocula Report Havana Biennial 2019: Constructing the Possible 17 Apr 2019 : Federica Bueti for Ocula I first visited Havana in November 2016, a few days after Fidel Castro died, and just under a year before Hurricane Irma hit Cuba in September 2017. Since then, much has changed, including the hand-painted signs that punctuate the journey from the airport to the city centre, which today do not celebrate the revolution so much as the 'Unidad y...
Ocula Conversation Andrew Stahl and Guo Xiaohui The exhibition Beyond Boundaries at Somerset House in London (12 March–2 April 2019) marked the historic contributions of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CAFA) and the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, on the occasion of their 100th and 150th anniversaries, respectively. Spread across several rooms of Somerset House's...
Ocula Report The National 2019: New Australian Art 13 Apr 2019 : Elyse Goldfinch for Ocula The National 2019: New Australian Art features work by 70 contemporary Australia-based artists split across three venues: the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) (29 March–21 July 2019), as curated by Isobel Parker Philip, curator of photographs at AGNSW; Daniel Mudie Cunningham,...
Every Artist Should Have A Solo Show is a solo exhibition by artist Wang Xin. It seems an unusual title an artist can always use a solo show. However it is not surprising that Wang Xin, who claims herself to be a serious art-world player as well as a serious art-world observer would come out with such a title. All of her work in this show can be grouped into her Rose- Color series, which are all about the art world and art system. Galleries, artists, art agents, artworks and so on have become her subject in her Rose- Color series' of artworks. This short exhibition introduction you are reading now probably as well. Who do you think it is written by? Curator? Gallery? Or the artist?
For the exhibition, Wang Xin is creating several new Rose-Color installation artworks including: Aura Restoration 1.0 etc. along with recent Rose-Color artworks including: We Create Future Artist Here, Let's Play in the Name of Art etc. Why Rose-Color? According to Wang Xin, "The Art World is Sexy." Anyway, in short, every artist should have a solo show. Indeed. And here it is!
